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the september jobs report showed the u.s. added 114,000 jobs with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8%. the better news was the bureau of labor statistics was revising job reports for the last two months finding the economy actually added 181,000 jobs up from 141,000 in august. and in august the economy added 142,000 jobs up from the initially lack luster 96,000 initially reported. so there were in total 200,000 new jobs on this jobs report. president obama tried to put today's good news jobs report in context, campaigning in virginia. >> after losing about 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, our businesses have now added 5.2 million new jobs over the past 2 1/2 years. this morning we found out that the unemployment rate has fallen to its lowest level since i took office. more americans entered the work force, more people are getting jobs. it's a reminder that this country has come too far to turn back now. >> mitt romney also campaigning in virginia. not as impressed. >> we don't have to stay in the path we've been on
the september jobs report showed the u.s. added 114,000 jobs with the unemployment rate dropping to 7.8%. the better news was the bureau of labor statistics was revising job reports for the last two months finding the economy actually added 181,000 jobs up from 141,000 in august. and in august the economy added 142,000 jobs up from the initially lack luster 96,000 initially reported. so there were in total 200,000 new jobs on this jobs report. president obama tried to put today's good news jobs...
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the democrats' hope of keeping the u.s. senate are getting stronger by the day, especially when you zero in on ohio where sherrod brown seems to be successfully fighting back against the dirty, angry money. a new "columbus dispatch" poll has brown up over his opponent, josh mandel, by ten points. that's a big change from their tied race in late august. senator sherrod brown from ohio is with me from cleveland. thank you so much because i love seeing you here on this show because you represent to me the bread and butter, the meat and potatoes democratic party i grew up knowing all about and worked for. regular people who need regular government. it struck me and it must have struck you that this 47% thing that romney said and didn't think anybody was recording, where he said those people don't take care of their own lives. they don't meet their own responsibilities. well, the problem with that is he's attacking people on social security. it seems to me somebody who has been paying payroll tax from the time they were a paper
the democrats' hope of keeping the u.s. senate are getting stronger by the day, especially when you zero in on ohio where sherrod brown seems to be successfully fighting back against the dirty, angry money. a new "columbus dispatch" poll has brown up over his opponent, josh mandel, by ten points. that's a big change from their tied race in late august. senator sherrod brown from ohio is with me from cleveland. thank you so much because i love seeing you here on this show because you...
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. >>> bob kerry, both a former governor and u.s. senator for nebraska is again running for the u.s. senate seat in his home state. after announcing his candidacy back in march, he soubded optimistic about his chances. >> i think there's a good chance i'll win the election. i love the people of the state. i love the place and i love the values. >> but now the latest polls in nebraska aren't loving him back. they show him trailing his opponent. one reason, fisher has had the benefit of a lot of super pac money. she also has the endorsement of sarah palin, which could be a pro or kon, depending who you ask. so bob kerrey is turning to his own endorsement, steve martin. >> hi, i'm steve martin. you probably know me as the actor and comedian. but did you know i'm also a home crafts expert? today i'm going to show you how to make a wad of paper. a wad of paper can be a lot of fun just to play with around the house or maybe toss expertly into a trash can. but who wants to go down to a fancy office building and root around in their dumpster to find a good one. so i'm going to show you how t
. >>> bob kerry, both a former governor and u.s. senator for nebraska is again running for the u.s. senate seat in his home state. after announcing his candidacy back in march, he soubded optimistic about his chances. >> i think there's a good chance i'll win the election. i love the people of the state. i love the place and i love the values. >> but now the latest polls in nebraska aren't loving him back. they show him trailing his opponent. one reason, fisher has had the...
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susan milligan is a contributing editor to "u.s. news & world report," and michael steele is the former chairman of the republican national committee, also an msnbc political analyst. i'm going to try to look at this down the middle. i saw the whole debate today. i was fascinated. i think david gregory did a hell of a job. like a referee in a boxing match. each candidate had a tough moment or two. here is warren tripped up, i think, when asked to name a republican she could work with. just name a senator or any bunch of them. here is what she said. let's watch. >> can you name some republicans in the senate today that you are able to work with on big issues, substantive issues, that the country faces? >> i think probably richard lugar would be one that would come to mind. >> he's not going to be there. >> he's not going to be there. >> who else could you name, senator? >> that is a problem. let me do this one -- let me -- >> just let me ask the question. are there any republicans that are going to be in the senate that you feel you
susan milligan is a contributing editor to "u.s. news & world report," and michael steele is the former chairman of the republican national committee, also an msnbc political analyst. i'm going to try to look at this down the middle. i saw the whole debate today. i was fascinated. i think david gregory did a hell of a job. like a referee in a boxing match. each candidate had a tough moment or two. here is warren tripped up, i think, when asked to name a republican she could work...
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it's a matchup that could determine control of the u.s. senate. with me now is former attorney general heidi heitkamp. i want to show you an ad now that you've been the victim of. let's show this ad that you've put out. >> when i decided to run for the senate, i knew they'd try and hit me with all sort of stuff. i'm heidi heitkamp. the ads are all paid for by a few billionaires and they know if i'm in the senate i won't let them. i'm not willing to trade aware your medicare for more tax breaks for billionaire. i approve this message because i'm just getting warmed up. >> okay, madam attorney general, did you actually hit every one of them or did you edit that picture? i've been in those books. did you hit every one that went by you no matter how it was coming at you? >> let me tell you, it was a rocky start but after i got going, i was hitting them all. >> let me ask you about why there's a different. i know you're a more moderate democrat. let's get down to the basics here. what's the difference between a republican and democrat in north dakota,
it's a matchup that could determine control of the u.s. senate. with me now is former attorney general heidi heitkamp. i want to show you an ad now that you've been the victim of. let's show this ad that you've put out. >> when i decided to run for the senate, i knew they'd try and hit me with all sort of stuff. i'm heidi heitkamp. the ads are all paid for by a few billionaires and they know if i'm in the senate i won't let them. i'm not willing to trade aware your medicare for more tax...
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u.s. congressman ed markey, is the top democrat on the natural resources on the congress and senior member of the energy and commerce committee. michael oppenheimer is a professor of geosciences at princeton university. i want to start with professor oppenheimer. simply put, when you look at hurricane sandy, which is a funny name for something hitting our beaches and causing such havoc, do you see climate change, manmade climate change, in the face? >> this is definitely the kind of thing we expect to see more of in the future, but in addition, while global warming didn't cause hurricane sandy, it almost surely made the impact worse, and that's because sea level has been rising for the last century due to global warming, and when this huge storm came along at high tide with a full moon with this huge fetch of water gathered up over the atlantic ocean, it was pushing on a sea level which was higher than it would otherwise have been and it was able to push the water further and further inlan
u.s. congressman ed markey, is the top democrat on the natural resources on the congress and senior member of the energy and commerce committee. michael oppenheimer is a professor of geosciences at princeton university. i want to start with professor oppenheimer. simply put, when you look at hurricane sandy, which is a funny name for something hitting our beaches and causing such havoc, do you see climate change, manmade climate change, in the face? >> this is definitely the kind of thing...
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while many americans struggle and even name their u.s. senators many more don't know what a senator does actually all day. our guest is the wife of new jersey senator frank lautenberg and made it her mission to outline every member in her photography exhibit. with each portrait is an explanation of what each person man or woman sees as their greatest legislative achievement. this is fascinating. blanch lincoln is a former democratic senator from arkansas. les talk about this. you had a chance. first of all i know because you are very sociable. you know a lot of these senators and spouses and you know them from a different perspective. i want to get the people who know that answer. this is how we're going to do this. tell us what they're really like and you can join in. what is happening is it has gotten really nasty on the hill. >> it has. >> people like olympia snow have left because they can't deal with their party. there are no across-the-aisle friendships like the old days. let's talk about ted kennedy and look at the picture you got
while many americans struggle and even name their u.s. senators many more don't know what a senator does actually all day. our guest is the wife of new jersey senator frank lautenberg and made it her mission to outline every member in her photography exhibit. with each portrait is an explanation of what each person man or woman sees as their greatest legislative achievement. this is fascinating. blanch lincoln is a former democratic senator from arkansas. les talk about this. you had a chance....
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here was romney today sounding reasonable, in fact, consistent with u.s. policy. let's take a look. >> i'll recommit america to the goal of a democratic, prosperous palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the jewish state of israel. on this vital issue, the president has failed and what should be a negotiation process has devolved into a series of heated disputes at the u.n. in this old conflict, as in every challenge we face in the middle east, only a new president will bring the chance to begin anew. >> well, here he was in may at that fund-raiser in boca raton with a lot of wealthy people arguing the best thing to do was accept that it remained an unresolved problem. let's watch his very different approach to people he viewed, i think, as more hawkish even than him. here is mitt romney behind closed doors. >> i don't think the palestinians want to see peace anyway for political purposes, committed to the destruction of israel and these thorny issues and i say there's just no way. what you do is you move things along the best way you can
here was romney today sounding reasonable, in fact, consistent with u.s. policy. let's take a look. >> i'll recommit america to the goal of a democratic, prosperous palestinian state living side by side in peace and security with the jewish state of israel. on this vital issue, the president has failed and what should be a negotiation process has devolved into a series of heated disputes at the u.n. in this old conflict, as in every challenge we face in the middle east, only a new...
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thanks so much, u.s. congressman moore. howard, is this going to get tied around the neck of romney? >> democrat also do everything they can in key places from independent libertarian women. >> colorado. >> colorado, new hampshire, northern virginia, women who are in business and might like mitt romney on the economy, they're going to hold back and the democrats will have the chance to get them for the same reason about libertarianism, they want to control their own bodies and lives. >> romney has made his bed with the crazy crowd. thank you, howard. >>> coming up, rational exuberance, republicans strutting like the election is in the bag. are they knowing something we don't know or bluffing hoping to influence reporters and undecided voters that want to go with the winner. >>> the right wing won't quit with its fever swamp fantasies with president obama who is foreign and other. and sarah palin today threw out the dog whistle and pulled out a trumpet with obama's "shuck and drive" on libya, that's the way they're talking n
thanks so much, u.s. congressman moore. howard, is this going to get tied around the neck of romney? >> democrat also do everything they can in key places from independent libertarian women. >> colorado. >> colorado, new hampshire, northern virginia, women who are in business and might like mitt romney on the economy, they're going to hold back and the democrats will have the chance to get them for the same reason about libertarianism, they want to control their own bodies and...
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and also playing governor romney we have u.s. congressman jason from utah. let's go to the first question to you, i'm talking to president obama now, if your face. >> yes, you are. >> i've been unemployed for three years. you say you created 5 million jobs. what do you say to me? >> i say we have more to do. i created 5.2 million jobs over the last four years of my -- in my term in office. we've created 500,000 manufacturing jobs in this country in the last two years alone. there's more work to be done and help is on the way. re-elect me and i'll make sure every job that wants a job gets a job. >> okay. let me ask governor romney a question. you say you want to go after iran even if they have the capability, that's the phrase, capability of producing a nuclear weapon. how do youtify preemptive war? >> hey, look, one of our greatestallies is israel. we have to make sure we're standing with them in this fight because they have said that they will use nuclear weapons to destroy the united states of america, to destroy israel. we're going to stand together witht
and also playing governor romney we have u.s. congressman jason from utah. let's go to the first question to you, i'm talking to president obama now, if your face. >> yes, you are. >> i've been unemployed for three years. you say you created 5 million jobs. what do you say to me? >> i say we have more to do. i created 5.2 million jobs over the last four years of my -- in my term in office. we've created 500,000 manufacturing jobs in this country in the last two years alone....
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and while many americans struggle to name their u.s. senator, many wonder what a senator does all day. the wife of new jersey senator frank she made it her mission to name all of the senators in the senate with each senator there's an explanation of what each person, a man or woman, sees as their achievement. a former democratic senator, i disagree with mr. schultz about that sometimes. first of all, i know because you are very social, you know a lot of these senators and their spouses and you know them from a different perspective. you may not like, this but this is how we're going to do this, bonnie. you are going to tell us what it's really like and it's gotten really nasty up on the hill and people like olympia snow has left because they can't deal with their party. there are no friendships across the aisles like there used to be. let's talk about ted kennedy, the great ted kennedy who really is one of the great senators. tell me about ted as a person, why he posed like that, and what he saw as his greatest accomplishment. >> when i
and while many americans struggle to name their u.s. senator, many wonder what a senator does all day. the wife of new jersey senator frank she made it her mission to name all of the senators in the senate with each senator there's an explanation of what each person, a man or woman, sees as their achievement. a former democratic senator, i disagree with mr. schultz about that sometimes. first of all, i know because you are very social, you know a lot of these senators and their spouses and you...
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one of the witnesses today, u.s. regional security offer eric nordstrom testified extra security wouldn't have prevented the tragic deaths in benghazi. let's listen to him. >> let me say a word about the evening of september 11th. i had not seen an attack of such veracity and intensity previously in libya, nor in my time with the limitic security service. >> you said, quote, having an extra foot -- extra foot of wall or extra half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled to respond to that type of attack. did you write that? >> i do and still believe that. >> ee congressman elijah cummings, did you hear evidence that the people at the embassy in tripoli and the consulate in benghazi had asked for more security help and that had been rejected, is that a fact, do we know? >> we heard some testimony today to that effect, but on the other hand one of those witnesses, eric nordstrom, made it clear that he had had good cooperation. as a matter of fact, he complicated the effort of the state department. so, we had -- t
one of the witnesses today, u.s. regional security offer eric nordstrom testified extra security wouldn't have prevented the tragic deaths in benghazi. let's listen to him. >> let me say a word about the evening of september 11th. i had not seen an attack of such veracity and intensity previously in libya, nor in my time with the limitic security service. >> you said, quote, having an extra foot -- extra foot of wall or extra half dozen guards or agents would not have enabled to...
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. >> is it insane -- what is it on his part, is it tom donahue, the u.s. chamber of commerce, what pressure is he doing not to do what seems to be the reasonable thing to do, equal pay? why would romney, who is not an idiot, why would he take that position? >> well, the united states chamber of commerce probably is pushing for that because they sent in a lawyer to argue against lilly ledbetter the two times i testified in the house and the two times i testified in the senate. so they are not for the ledbetter bill. >> it makes sense he's getting pressure. >> he is. >> that doesn't show good faith with american women. american women vote. most of the voters, yet he'd rather go with the downtown group, with the u.s. chamber of commerce. why? that's got to be psychological. why does he feel more comfortable with a bunch of guys downtown with some money to spend when he has all the money in the world? >> well, because he's their candidate. he represents them. that is what he's going to restore to the white house, but i also think we have to say, he will not co
. >> is it insane -- what is it on his part, is it tom donahue, the u.s. chamber of commerce, what pressure is he doing not to do what seems to be the reasonable thing to do, equal pay? why would romney, who is not an idiot, why would he take that position? >> well, the united states chamber of commerce probably is pushing for that because they sent in a lawyer to argue against lilly ledbetter the two times i testified in the house and the two times i testified in the senate. so...
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. >> i was a u.s. army special forces medic and weapons specialist on an a team, and i served in combat carrying out special operations on behalf of our country. >> so you were in it. >> yes, yes, i was and with a lot of my friends and, you know, it's one of the reasons i'm so passionate about our veterans and making sure that they get the education and training they deserve, that their va benefits are preserved, and that we should be awarding them combat bonuses. congressman flake, of course, has voted down all those things. be there's no higher calling than honoring these young men and women who so bravely serve us. right now i'm real disappointed in how congressman flake has done that. i won't do that. i will support or veterans and seniors as well as some of the areas congressman flake has moved away from because it's politically convenient for him. >> you know that movie "born of the fourth of july" where everybody cheers him when he goes off to fight but when he comes back dismembered, there's no
. >> i was a u.s. army special forces medic and weapons specialist on an a team, and i served in combat carrying out special operations on behalf of our country. >> so you were in it. >> yes, yes, i was and with a lot of my friends and, you know, it's one of the reasons i'm so passionate about our veterans and making sure that they get the education and training they deserve, that their va benefits are preserved, and that we should be awarding them combat bonuses. congressman...
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u.s. stock market, the death rattle of the auto industry. he, barack obama, then brought a financial and economic collapse back from the brink, changed the course of the economy from job destruction to job creation, doubled the american stock market, saved the auto industry. he did it all with a dramatic change of policy, a stimulus program that buried 180 degrees from the austerity measures have that humbled europe. an intervention into the auto industry that reinvigorated an industry that means pride to americans. obama needs to make this defense, he needs to underline the fact that his opponent and his party fought him every inch of the way. on the stimulus, on the auto industry, on health care, on equal pay for women, and that it disagrees in fundamental ways of the future course of american economic policy. on health care, on medicare, on social security, on equal pay for women. he has got to both defend and hold his opponent accountable for his and his party's obstructionism from the
u.s. stock market, the death rattle of the auto industry. he, barack obama, then brought a financial and economic collapse back from the brink, changed the course of the economy from job destruction to job creation, doubled the american stock market, saved the auto industry. he did it all with a dramatic change of policy, a stimulus program that buried 180 degrees from the austerity measures have that humbled europe. an intervention into the auto industry that reinvigorated an industry that...
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u.s. emissions are actually down modestly. we have a long way to go. we're going to have to do this by all getting together and acting cooperatively. we have to do in our own lives what we can, get those energy efficient appliances and cars. we have to encourage the government to start passing more -- tighter regulations to reduce emissions, and we have to also be prepared to deal with some of the climate change that's inevitable by better planning and organization around the towns and communities we live in. everybody has to get involved. >> congressman markey, i have known you forever. you're a friend of mine. i watch you fight this fight. i watch the goodwill and the good effort to fight these people, but on the other side of the fight, it's not just always just the other side of the aisle, not always republicans, huge amounts of money being paid to congressmen and women running for re-election that says, hands off. don't push this thing, right? >> well, mitt romney was a climate science believer when he was the governor of massachusetts. no republi
u.s. emissions are actually down modestly. we have a long way to go. we're going to have to do this by all getting together and acting cooperatively. we have to do in our own lives what we can, get those energy efficient appliances and cars. we have to encourage the government to start passing more -- tighter regulations to reduce emissions, and we have to also be prepared to deal with some of the climate change that's inevitable by better planning and organization around the towns and...
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joining me right now is u.s. congressman chris van hollen who happens to be my congressman and my wife's, probably more importantly. and gentlemen, i'm going to start with you, sir, because you've been there. you know what we don't know. you know how prepared joe biden is. is he? >> he's ready to go. he's looking forward to tonight and he understands the stakes are high and he's looking forward to talking about the choices in this election. absolutely. >> it's faster, more punches are thrown. does he have a different role than he knows for running for president? >> look, he's got working class roots. >> will he tonight? >> he may. but he has it in his gut and that's the issue for joe biden. he's a fighter for the middle class and this election is about whether you have policies that are going to help middle class or do what ryan and romney want to do, the old trickle down and help the foenlks at the top. we know that was a bust. >> does he know the weak spot of the romney team that he's got to hit? >> look, he kn
joining me right now is u.s. congressman chris van hollen who happens to be my congressman and my wife's, probably more importantly. and gentlemen, i'm going to start with you, sir, because you've been there. you know what we don't know. you know how prepared joe biden is. is he? >> he's ready to go. he's looking forward to tonight and he understands the stakes are high and he's looking forward to talking about the choices in this election. absolutely. >> it's faster, more punches...